Multiple Curves Adjustments?

[MikeRigby]

Hello.

I’m still trying to learn my way around Affinity Photo V2 on iPad. I want to do localised contrast adjustments with curves, and mask out parts of the curves adjustment so it only affects specific parts of my image. 
I want to have MORE than one curves adjustment layer to do this, but when I go to the adjustments panel, and click “curves”, all Affinity Photo V2 does is take me right back to the first curves adjustment layer I’ve applied. 
How do I add more than ONE of the same type of adjustment layer?

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, @MikeRigby.

Sounds like you still have that Adjustment layer selected in the Layers studio. So, open the Layers studio and reselect the layer you want the adjustment to operate on.

[NotMyFault]

Affinity on IPad does not allow to add another adjustment layer of the same type while an existing one is selected in layer stack. If this is the topmost layer and you wNt to add another one on top this is a problem.

I have several personal workarounds:

• use duplicate, then modify or reset the settings
• add a empty pixel layer (and delete later when no longer needed) before adding adjustments
• use assets to save a “neutral” adjustment layer, and add from assets

[Paul Mudditt]

On 1/26/2023 at 7:01 AM, MikeRigby said:

Hello.

I’m still trying to learn my way around Affinity Photo V2 on iPad. I want to do localised contrast adjustments with curves, and mask out parts of the curves adjustment so it only affects specific parts of my image. 
I want to have MORE than one curves adjustment layer to do this, but when I go to the adjustments panel, and click “curves”, all Affinity Photo V2 does is take me right back to the first curves adjustment layer I’ve applied. 
How do I add more than ONE of the same type of adjustment layer?

Simply nest your adjustments like this. here are two curve adjustments, remember in Affinity you don’t have to add separate masks as live filter layers and adjustment layers are their own masks so as you can see here I have crudely painted in black and white onto the two curve adjustment masks.